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Life lessons I've learned thus far, gimmicky approaches will never last in industries. Focus on being truly innovative in your space, be an effective leader and communicator, and stick to your core values in the face of adversity. If you're thinking about healthcare careers, drug development, or biotech startups, you need to think different.
A during a conversation with David Willbrand he laid this gem on me when I asked his perspective on advising aspiring entrepreneurs.
PurpleStride Breakfast this morning! I'm wearing a lot of purple βπΎ in support of pancreatic cancer research and survivorship lol
Lmaooo who ever made this is genius. But let's define some terms.
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Hypertrophy: An increase in cellular mass and size.
Hyperplasia: An increase in the number of cells in an organ or tissue. These cells appear normal under a microscope. They are not cancer, but may become cancer.
Dysplasia: Cells that look abnormal under a microscope but are not cancer.
Cancer: A term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. There are several main types of cancer. Carcinoma is a cancer that begins in the skin or in tissues that line or cover internal organs. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue. Leukemia is a cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue, such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the blood. Lymphoma and multiple myeloma are cancers that begin in the cells of the immune system.
https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries
I'm constantly caught between a rock and a hard place lol. Use my skills for good or sell out to the Pseudoscience club and make a killing.
BREAKING NEWS FOR ASPIRING MEDICAL STUDENTS
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"The game-changing new financial aid program expands Weill Cornell Medicineβs scholarship offerings to provide debt-free education to all medical students with demonstrated financial need beginning with the 2019-2020 academic year and then every year thereafter in perpetuity. By replacing student loans with scholarships that cover tuition, housing and other living expenses, the program ensures that all students, including those from economically diverse backgrounds, can pursue their medical education without financial burden. " -Cornell Medicine Press Relesse
Let's start this Monday off on the right foot, remember science is a process and a tool. In the US, for some reason or reasons, many in the public space seem to be taking a step back away from science, but the smart money is always to bet on innovation. So just a reminder of some of the things we have done really well.
If you're interested in the life sciences industry, drug development, venture capital investing, and careers for PhDs! Please connect with me on LinkedIn, I post content on these topics, as well as networking events in the Philadelphia area. I'm always looking to connect with other scientists, regardless of the discipline. Also, if you need help pimping your LinkedIn profile, I'd be happy to helpπ€ππΎ
There are days where I can write pages within hours, then there are days where it takes me an hour to put a paragraph on a page. The trick that I've found is to be consistent. Dedicate a few hours a day, maybe 1 to 2 at least to sitting down undistracted and putting words on the page when you have a writing goal. It's much easier to edit, expand for clarity, or make things more succinct, than it is to generate the perfect sentence each time.
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What writing tricks have you used that work for you? I'd love to know!
Lmaoo sometimes I just cant help myself.
I recently got fu***ng destroyed by a reviewer on a techniques paper I'm 2nd author on lol. A technical error displayed our figure legends from the entire paper, so there was essentially no experimental details lol. The reviewer's tone was literally like "I Would Never Publish Such Garbage"... needless to say he or she was perturbed lmao. Resubmitting today so let's see what happens
This is just pure marketing......non gmo is associated with healthier food from the public perspective. Just remember, the companies that are selling you this s**t are huge companies as well, if you think that large companies are evil, yet these companies specifically have your best interest? I'm not sure how that logic works.
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The facts: In the spring of 2016, The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) concluded, again, that GMOs are safe. Their study found βno substantial evidence of a difference in risks to human health between current commercially available genetically engineered crops and conventionally bred crops.β More than 20 scientists, researchers, agricultural and industry experts reviewed over 20 years of data since GMOs were introduced, including nearly 900 studies and publications, animal studies, allergenicity testing and North American and European health data and concluded that GMOs posed no risk to our health.
This is the type of logic I've been dealing with lately.... please get vaccinated.....
Netflixicoccus lol. Interesting notion, gene therapy has the potential to remedy rare diseases in a big way. The price/cost issue is a conversation within itself, but overall the field is expanding and companies are betting big on the technology. The fear of gene therapy has largely subsided in the industry. Mostly because of Spark Therapeutics landmark approval of Luxturna. Luxturna is a genetically modified virus that ferries a healthy gene into the eyes of patients born with retinal dystrophy, a rare condition that destroys cells in the retina needed for healthy vision. It's the first FDA approval of it's kind, and has opened the gates for everyone else.
PanCan Jeopardy Night at Evil Genius Brewery
Last day of ! If we havent already connected to discuss small molecules for academic collaboration at Jefferson in regards to PDAC or just chat about evolving industry trends, let's do it this afternoon! Excited to see everyone one last time before the conference is over
Wonderful breakfast, appreciate the opportunity by EndPoint News for attending and helping set up the event. If you are at the in philly, let's link up, talk biotech and I'll show you around one of the coolest cities in the northeast.
I just became a fan of Abby Langer
Its almost hard to explain, but having a support system that's like family is arguable the best thing about my PhD. My doctorate has been hectic, I switched labs a year into my research because of a toxic situation, but I'm so glad a did. I have the mentor of legend I swear, a combination of take no s**t and 1000% supportive of your ambitions. This goes without mention to my lab mates, but the people on this photo saved me. Not only are they great friends, but they make me a better scientist. Please tag your lab family, and post a picture of the people that make your work life better. Work culture is SO IMPORTANT.
Today I had the opportunity to briefly speak on my research and education, at a 5K run for pancreatic cancer awareness and health Fair, organized by . I cant stress enough how important representation is! This organization does a excellent job at raising awareness for pancreatic cancer, especially in communities that need it the most. Great race, I finished 60th π π , the important thing is to get active for your community. Next time, I am aiming for top 20 lol. Shout out to for being a sponsor, as well as the Brody Lab!.
Get active, get involved, fight for a cure for pancreatic cancer
It was definitely like this for a while lol, but I think I'm more at a slow roasting, than an all out blaze.
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Can you explain your experience using a single meme or GIF? This quite accurately sums up mine.
Currently growing several different PDAC cell lines for experiments. Tissue culture media is filled with salts, amino acids, vitamins, glucose, growth factors, serum from animals, and fatty acids. Not sure if anyone has ever tasted this stuff lol but I can only imagine π€’π€’
Challenges in STEM education summarized by two key, interrelated problems; (1) students often start but rarely complete their STEM degrees and (2) fewer still of those degree holders are women or people of color. Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans make up 27% of the workforce, but only 11% of STEM workers.
This only isn't just a problem of socioeconomics and ethnicity, the entire US on average is underperforming in math and science. I am a scientist l, I am not an educator, so I'm interested in ideas that educators have to improve the situation. Please share your thoughts and data in the comments about the topics!!
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p.s. All jokes aside, Orgo was really important for pharmacology later on lol. Medicinal chemist, pharmacologist, organic chemist, will always have jobs. Something to think about if you really love chemistry.
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I'm generally a calm person lol, but a few things can rub me the wrong way. Let me explain, philosophically, I don't care about how people live there lives, as long as they are not endangering others. Meaning, sexual preference, identity, polyamorous, white, black, green, religious or not, be a good person and I'm pretty much accepting of people's lifestyles.
What rubs me the wrong way is when people start transforming their beliefs into factual information. Example 1) People have the right to religious freedom in the US, but religion is a belief systems, so in SCHOOLS, were we teach science, belief systems shouldn't be taught as facts. Example 2) Robert Kennedy Jr. Made a claim that increased depression and anxiety in teens might be do to the Gardasil vaccine. This is the dumbest fu***ng thing I've ever heard, more importantly it's dangerous, because the HPV vaccine LITERALLY prevents most forms of cervical cancer, FACT.
Packaging beliefs as factual information can be dangerous, because it blurs the lines between critical thinking and deductive reasoning, and fantasy. So as the image says, Science doesn't care about your beliefs, just as math doesn't care about how you feel about algebra. It exists whether you agree with it or not. And if society is going to continue to move forward, we need to embrace thinking like a scientist, because it allows us to make decisions based on EVIDENCE, not beliefs.
.....the crystal healer types are amongst the worst purveyors of mystic bulls**ttery.
Ladies and gentlemen....this is how it's done. HANDSTANDS FOR PANCAN
Sci-Friends and followers!!! As most of you know or might know, my PhD focus is on creating novel therapies to treat Pancreas Cancer. It had the lowest 1 year survival amongst all cancers, and is expected to be the second leading cause of cancer death by 2030 (currently 3rd). I am challenging everyone to take a photo or video doing a handstand for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness, tag me in it!!! I will share the video or photo in my story, and at the end of the month make a giant photo collage of everyone that tagged me. Let's do something good and help fund a cure for this horrific disease! Most patients barely live 15 months, with treatment. The link for donation is in my Bio, any contribution is helpful to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Also please share the f**k out of this post!! Let's get inspired and involved!
Sci-Friends and followers!!! As most of you know or might know, my PhD focus is on creating novel therapies to treat Pancreas Cancer. It had the lowest 1 year survival amongst all cancers, and is expected to be the second leading cause of cancer death by 2030 (currently 3rd).
I am challenging everyone to take a photo or video doing a handstand for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness, tag me in it!!! I will share the video or photo in my story, and at the end of the month make a giant photo collage of everyone that tagged me. Let's do something good and help fund a cure for this horrific disease! Most patients barely live 15 months, with treatment. The link for donation is in my Bio, any contribution is helpful to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Also please share the f**k out of this post!! Let's get inspired and involved!
With your host, Lee The Scientist lol
Antivaxer cure lol
So 2 things, first I'm a C4 kind of guy lol. Second this is exactly how drung synergy plots look assuming that darkness = effect. Two concentrations of individual drugs producing an effect greater than the additive effect of those two concentrations, is SYNERGY.
My legs just be dead at this point...... story of my life
Drug synergy for the Win ππππ Killing the fu***ng breaks off these cancer cells.
One of the biggest issues we have in public discourse is that people value evidence differently. The first step to productive conversation is starting on a even playing field in regards to what we consider evidence. Science is not perfect, but if we want to talk about the problems that actually exist, we need to think about actual solutions that are based in evidence based reasoning.
Neuroscience experts please chime in lol
Of all the things I do, making reagents is my least favorite lol
This seems pretty interesting, reminds me of the targeted nanocarriors we are developing in my lab for PDAC.
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Progress in cancer nanotechnology requires a better understanding of how molecularly targeted nanoparticles interact with live cells. Here, when cancer cells (cell nuclei in blue) were treated with antibody-conjugated nanoparticles, the antibodies (red) and the nanoparticle cores (green) separated into different cellular compartments.
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Such knowledge may lead to improved methods of cancer detection in vivo as well as better nanoparticle-based treatments.
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Credit: Sangheon Han, Konstantin Sokolov, Tomasz Zal, Anna Zal, MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Ladies and gentlemen....this is how it's done. HANDSTANDS FOR PANCAN
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My thoughts on the Nipsey..and why I go so hard. Misinformation is a problem, the more we consume it, the poorer our decision making abilities become. In my opinion we need less praying and more plotting, more collectiveness, more planning for our future. And not just ourselves, but planning for the future of the communities we live in. #scienceexperiments #scientists #science #biologymajor #biochemistry #epigenetics #genes #genetics #biotechnolgy #probiotechnolgy #truth #research #medicine #innovation #cellbiology #health #STEM #molecularbiology #education #immunology #cellculture #cancer #cancerresearch #molecularbiologist #networking #biotech #pharma
Sharing my video from yesterday along with some pointed comments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Facts about "Dr.Sebi" Alfonso Bowman, The first case against him was for practicing medicine without a license, which technically he didn't do because he offered no diagnosis or treatment outcome, jury found that to be the case. But importantly, bowman operated in the same same grey area that allows for supplements to not be regulated by the fda before they reach consumers. Secondly, He then lost a subsequent consumer fraud case for saying he could treat illnesses with his "herbal remedies", this is a fact and I can provide pdfs for those who can't find this information. There is no conspiracy with Bowman, he is just another con artist taking advantage of people's ignorance on a subject.
CRISPR-Cas9 babies. If you dont remember this story her is a quick reminder. Late last year in November a Chinese scientist edited the genomes of 3 embryos in an attempt to make them HIV resistant. This was met with serious backlash for a number of reasons. Human trails and preclinical data are not robust enough to start editing human embryos, based on possible of target effects, as well as efficacy. Secondly, this is a huge ethical conundrum that has many scientist on the fence. So the short answer is technically speaking, we arent that far away. I put it at around 15 to 20 years, but ethically?!?! I dont know if this will ever be a thing in the US. #scienceexperiments #scientists #science #biologymajor #biochemistry #epigenetics #genes #genetics #biotechnolgy #probiotechnolgy #truth #research #medicine #innovation #cellbiology #health #STEM #molecularbiology #education #immunology #cellculture #cancer #cancerresearch #molecularbiologist #networking #biotech #pharma
Thanks for the feedback guys, let's talk about science, I love answering questions about research, and science overall so please drop a question in my IG story, I will post some of those answers on my page as well. #scienceexperiments #scientists #science #biologymajor #biochemistry #epigenetics #genes #genetics #biotechnolgy #probiotechnolgy #truth #research #medicine #innovation #cellbiology #health #STEM #molecularbiology #education #immunology #cellculture #cancer #cancerresearch #molecularbiologist #networking #biotech #pharma
Q/A is still going strong in my story, also if you have any questions that follow up to this answer please ask in the comments π€#scienceexperiments #scientists #science #biologymajor #biochemistry #epigenetics #genes #genetics #biotechnolgy #probiotechnolgy #truth #research #medicine #innovation #cellbiology #health #STEM #molecularbiology #education #immunology #cellculture #cancer #cancerresearch #molecularbiologist #networking #biotech #pharma
Have your sources ready people!!! I'm more than willing to have a realistic conversation about how medicine, healthcare, clinical trials, health equity, you name it, can improve! No system is perfect, and we can have that debate on how to make it better. But, and it's a BIG BUT, foolery of any kind will be challenged, and evidence based convos are what dominate in the realm of evidence based medicine.
#Repost Dr. Dave's Discussions γ»γ»γ» When you make an outlandish claim the burden of proof is on you, not the field whom you're showing against. For example, claiming the sky is green doesn't not put the burden of proof on those reading the claim. In science, when you put forth a paper for peer review, it is on YOU to make the case for your claims, observations, and hypotheses. It is NOT on the reviewers to refute you with evidence. Can they question it? Absolutely!!! However, you then need to put forth more evidence supporting YOUR case. Nothing grinds my gears more than people making bullsh*t claims and not backing them up with references, sources, data, and statistics. #scienceexperiments #scientists #science #biologymajor #biochemistry #epigenetics #genes #genetics #biotechnolgy #probiotechnolgy #truth #research #medicine #innovation #cellbiology #health #STEM #molecularbiology #education #immunology #cellculture #cancer #cancerresearch #molecularbiologist #networking #biotech #pharma
This year 2 CAR T-cell therapies were approved, Yescarta and Kymriah. BOTH of these therapies target b cells malignancies expressing CD19 but are not interchangeable. Keytruda has been approved in many solid tumors but also in Hodgkin Lymphoma, BTK inhibitor acalabrutinib was recently approved for Mantel Cell Lymphoma and Venetoclax the BCL-2 inhibitor which is for CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I mostly focus of B Cell derived cancers. I can explain how many of these drugs works, but I want to hear what's Hot in your fields right now! Please comment below. #Philadelphia #gradlife #scienceexperiments #scientists #science #biologymajor #biochemistry #epigenetics #genes #genetics #biotechnolgy #probiotechnolgy #truth #research #medicine #innovation #cellbiology #health #STEM #molecularbiology #education #immunology #cellculture #cancer #cancerresearch #molecularbiologist #networking #biotech #pharma
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Dave, Lee and Nate discuss what Stem Cells are and how they could potentially be used to treat human ailments. We begin the discussion by defining totipotent, pluripotent, multipotent, and Embryonic Stem Cells in approachable terms. The discussion then turns to spinal cord injuries, mouse models of the disease, current clinical trials, and future directions. After that, we discuss what cancer stem cells are and how they relate to the disease and relapse of the disease after primary, or first round, treatments. We end the discussion on the controversy of using Embryonic Stem Cells in research in the United States. Please, leave comments and reach out to us directly with your questions at [email protected].
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